[Techtalk] more cores, more slows

[Terry]

Hi Carla,

On 19/06/2012 10:44, Carla Schroder wrote:
> hiho,
>
> It seems the more powerful hardware gets, the more software sucks it up, so it
> still feels like driving an old 486 SX. My main PC has an AMD Phenom 8750
> triple-core processor with 4GB RAM, and a discrete Nvidia graphics card
> running the Nvidia driver. I use this machine for video, audio, and photo
> editing.  I thought that with three cores there would be less lag on all of
> these CPU-intensive tasks, and it is better than the old cheapie one-core
> CPUs, but I'm still feeling like it should be better.
>
> The biggest offender is Web pages. Facebook is nasty, of course, with all of
> its squillion random scripts coded by gerbils on crack, and lots of other. Is
> it worth upgrading to Intel? Or a higher-end AMD? Am I forever doomed to be
> disappointed?
>
> Carla
>

I remember reading a while ago about the benefits of mounting /tmp on 
tmpfs. A quick look at what came up with a Google search on tmpfs /tmp 
Firefox shows that it does help with Firefox. Not sure if that's what 
you're using.

-- 
Terry